Quantification and characterization of microplastics in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis): protocol setup and preliminary data on the contamination of the French Atlantic coast

Nam Ngoc Phuong; Aurore Zalouk‐Vergnoux; Abderrahmane Kamari; Catherine Mouneyrac; Frédéric Amiard; Laurence Poirier; Franck Lagarde

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Quantification and characterization of microplastics in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis): protocol setup and preliminary data on the contamination of the French Atlantic coast

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) 2018

Nam Ngoc Phuong, Aurore Zalouk‐Vergnoux, Abderrahmane Kamari, Catherine Mouneyrac, Frédéric Amiard, Laurence Poirier, Franck Lagarde

Summary

This international study developed protocols for quantifying and characterizing microplastics in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and reported preliminary contamination data from France's Atlantic coast, where mussels are both a key biomonitor species and a widely consumed seafood.